DALLAS, Texas — At The Free Man Cajun Café & Lounge in Deep Ellum, the music still plays, but the mood has changed.
“This construction has affected me in my everyday life,” said Lilyanna Canate, a manager at the well-known night spot.
For the past year, businesses and residents along Commerce Street and nearby Elm and Main Streets have been navigating an obstacle course of concrete barriers, fenced-off sidewalks, and torn-up roads…